A professional photographer has lamented how wildlife disappeared and solid waste coated the landscape after untreated sewage was released earlier this year into Dundalk Bay, a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) as well as a Special Protected Area (SPA).
Speaking to Gript, landscape photographer Brian Hopper said that from May to September this year, there “wasn’t sight nor sign of one bird,” and that “basically all of the wildlife disappeared” after wastewater containing solid contents spilled into the protected bay following heavy rain in the area.
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